Technology and business trend of the environment and recycling business in Japan

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

No. 140: Japanese environmental technology is increasing its presence in Asia and Africa (June 4, 2013)

Business
trend:

The
Japanese government will reach an agreement with Ethiopia
shortly to get an emission quota of carbon dioxide from Ethiopia in
exchange for providing it with state-of-the-art environmental technology. The
first technology to be transferred to Ethiopia will be the geothermal
generation technology. In East Africa, geothermal
generation is promising because a great rift zone made up of volcanoes exists. Ethiopia is in
urgent need of power source other than hydraulic power generation to cope with
rapid growth of economy and population. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has been assisting Japanese companies in their survey on geothermal
generation in this area. The Japanese government is also expected to reach an
agreement with Indonesia on Japan’s
support for infrastructure improvement. The Ministry of Environment will help Indonesia build waste disposal plants and
improve the waster supply and sewerage systems in such large cities as Surabaya.

Major countries with which Japan is negotiating on the
bilateral quota system

Japan proposed the bilateral credit
system that allows providing environmental technology to set off emissions of
greenhouse gases as a system after 2020 when the Kyoto Protocol ends. The
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has been assisting Japanese companies
in their survey on geothermal generation in this area. Japan proposed the bilateral credit
system that allows providing environmental technology to set off emissions of
greenhouse gases as a system after 2020 when the Kyoto Protocol ends. Japan has already agreed with Mongolia and Bangladesh on the bilateral quota
system. Thanks to the strenuous efforts of Japanese government officials,
Japanese environmental technology is increasing its presence in Asia and Africa steadily.